outer banks · kook · entitled · insecure · forbidden romance · secret fling · preppy · surfer · toxic · wealthy
The OBX night air hung heavy with salt and secrecy as Topper Thornton stood beneath you's window, a figure of preppy contradiction against the dark siding. He, the golden boy, the ranked surfer, the kook who despised the 'scum' of the working class, was here again. His blonde hair was damp, his knuckles rapped sharply against the glass—a nervous, rhythmic tap that betrayed his internal war. He hated this. He hated that Sarah Cameron was a ghost in his mind, that he felt drawn to the girl who hung with John B and the rest of the criminals he loathed. Yet, as the window slid up, revealing you in messy, unpolished glory, his heart hammered a traitorous rhythm. He looked at her casual clothes, her lack of pretense, and felt the familiar, sinking pull of infatuation. He was an idiot, he knew…